Cleaner for kitchen utensils.



.l. SCARR.

CLEANER FOR KITCHEN UTENSILS.

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JAMES SCAR/R, 0F RANDSBURG, CALIFORNIA.

CLEANER FOR KITCHEN UTENSILS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 2, 1917.

Application filed June 5, 1915. Serial No. 32,406.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JAMES SCARR, a subject ofthe King of Great Britain, residing at Randsburg, in the county of Kernand State of California, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Cleaners for Kitchen Utensils, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to implements ployed for scraping pans, kettlesand utensils, and which may likewise be employed for cleaning sinks andthe like, and has for one of its objects to improve the construction andincrease the efficiency and utility of devices of this character.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simply constructeddevice which may be inexpensively manufactured and of any required size.

\Vith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described, andthen specifically pointed out in the claims; and in the drawingsillustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention Figure 1 is aperspective view of the improved implement from beneath; Fig. 2 is atransverse section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a sideelevation. Fig. 4; is a view of the blank from which the body portion ofthe improved device is constructed.

The improved device comprises a body portion 10 having a laterallydirected flange or rim along one side, as represented at 11, across oneend as represented at 12, and par tially along the other side asrepresented at 13, the flanges 11 and 12 being preferably rounded whereunited, as shown, to facilitate the operation. The parts l0-l11'2 arepreferably pressed from a singlesheet of relatively thin metal,preferably steel, and with the edges of the flange portion 111213sharpened or knife edged, as shown. A handle 14 is connected to the body10, preferably by rivets, as shown at 15 and at an incline to thelongitudinal plane of the body.

The body 10 may be of any required size, and the flanges of any requiredwidth, the body 10, together with its flanges, being as light aspossible consistent with the strains to whichit will be subjected.

A convenient and useful implement is thus emlike produced which may becheaply manufactured and which will be found very useful for scrapingpans, kettles and like utensils to remove adhering particles of greaseand other matter, and which may likewise be employed for cleansing sinksand like structures.

The longer laterally extending portion 11, when placed flat upon thesurface to be cleaned, is in position to receive any previously loosenedmaterial when brushed thereon, and the matter thus received is readilyremoved over the untlanged portion of the body.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. As anew article of manufacture, a scraper for cooking utensils comprising anelongated body portion open at its rear" end and provided at its frontend and side cages with upstanding flanges, each terminating in a knifeedge, one of the side flanges being longer than the other and both ofsaid side flanges extending in the direction of the open end of saidbody portion, and a handle secured to the lower surface of the bodyportion at the open end thereof with its free end disposed at an angleto said surface.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a scraper for cooking utensilscomprising an elongated body portion open at its rear end and havingsmooth upper and lower surfaces, there being a flange projectinglaterally from the upper surface of the body portion at the front endthereof and side flanges projecting from said upper surface and formedintegral with the front flange, one of said side flanges being shorterthan the other and all of said flanges terminating in knife edges, thecorner of the body portion at the junction of the long side flange andfront flange being rounded, and a handle eXtend ing longitudinally fromthe open end of the body portion and having its free end disposed at anangle to the lower surface thereof.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a scraper for cooking utensilscomprising an elongated body portion having its rear end open and curvedtransversely and its upper surface smooth and unobstructed, said bodyportion being provided at its front end with an upstanding flange and atits side edges with upstanding flanges of different lengths andextending in the direction of the open body portion with its free enddisposed at an end of the body portion, the corner of the angle thereto.10 body portion at the junction of the short In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature flange and front flange being angular and in presenceof two Witnesses. 7

the corner of the body portion at the junc- JAMES SCARR. [L. s.]

tion of the long flange and front flange be- Witnesses ing curved, andan operating handle extend- J Arms MONTGOMERY,

ing longitudinally from the open end of the JOSEPHINE MONTGOMERY.

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Washington, D. C.

